"that ended in a 16-16 draw. St Helens ended 2010 with yet another Grand Final defeat, their fourth in a row, to bitter rivals Wigan. It was evident that the personnel at the club, combined with the suitability of Mick Potter's position had become surplus to requirements at St Helens, and widespread changes took place. Potter announced mid-2010 that he would be leaving for Bradford Bulls, his replacement, Royce Simmons; someone who had worked under Tim Sheens for many years at Wests Tigers and with the Australian national side. The very fact that St Helens had been, in many fans'"
"a neck, I'd probably hang myself."" In November 2012, Simmons was named assistant coach at NRL side Wests Tigers. Royce Simmons Royce Simmons (born 2 May 1960 in Gooloogong, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach, former player and most recently a former head coach of St. Helens in the European Super League. A former test , New South Wales representative and long-serving Penrith Panthers player in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, he later became coach of the club after his retirement. On 25 June 2016, Simmons was inducted into the Penrith Panthers hall"
"teammate Keiron Cunningham's appointment as head coach from 2015 onwards. Sean Long Sean Bernard Long (born 24 September 1976) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An England and Great Britain international , Long is regarded by many as one of the finest British players of his generation. He began his career with Wigan, and also played for Widnes and Hull FC, but is best known for his time playing for St. Helens in the European Super League with whom he won a total of four Super League championships and five Challenge Cups, as"
"position is held by Justin Holbrook. St Helens R.F.C. St Helens R.F.C. is a professional rugby league club in St Helens, Merseyside who compete in the European Super League, the top tier of competition for rugby league in Europe. Formed in 1873, St Helens are one of the 22 original members of the Northern Rugby Football Union and have been league champions on 13 occasions. St Helens are also the third most successful side in the Challenge Cup with 12 wins in 21 Final appearances. St Helens are founding members of the Super League and are one of only four"
"in an 8–10 defeat after extra time. Terry Matterson stepped down at the end of the 2010/11 season to take up a coaching role in Australia and was replaced by former St. Helens coach Ian Millward. Millward released by mutual consent on 9 April 2013 after a poor run of results with 1 win in 18 games and with the team at the bottom of the Super League table. Daryl Powell was appointed coach in May 2013 taking over from assistant coach Danny Orr, who had been in temporary charge of the club. Under Daryl Powell and Danny Orr, the"
"2014 St Helens RLFC season The 2014 St Helens R.F.C. season is the club's 140th in its history; its 119th in rugby league. The Saints will be looking to end a 6-year silverware drought this season by competing for the Super League XIX title as well as the 113th edition of the Challenge Cup. This season marks Australian Nathan Brown's second season as head coach of the club, continuing from his first season in 2013 which ended in a 5th-place finish and an early playoff exit courtesy of an 11-10 defeat at Leeds Rhinos. They began their season by taking"
"the club after a year at Hull Kingston Rovers), centre Iosia Soliola from Sydney Roosters and hooker Scott Moore returning from loan spells at Castleford Tigers in 2008 and Huddersfield Giants in 2009. The club also promoted youngsters Jack Bradbury, a centre, and stand-off Lee Gaskell. Matty Smith and Steve Tyrer are again let out on loan, this time both players leaving for Salford City Reds for the season, whilst Chris Dean was ""dual-registered"" with Widnes Vikings. St Helens saw no coaching change despite finishing trophy-less for the first time in 4 years and some fans calling for the sacking"
"October 2014, Cunningham was appointed as Head Coach of St. Helens. He appointed former Saints teammate Sean Long to assist him for his role. On 10 April 2017 it was announced on the BBC North West Today lunchtime bulletin that Cunningham had been sacked after 24 years associated with the club. Keiron Cunningham Keiron Cunningham (born 28 October 1976) is a British professional rugby league coach and former player. A Great Britain and Wales international representative , he played his entire professional career at St. Helens, making nearly 500 appearances for the club between 1994 and 2010 and winning numerous"
"Head Coach Ian Millward as the replacement of Tigers Head Coach Terry Matterson. Millward took St Helens R.F.C. to 2 Super League Grand Final wins and 2 Challenge Cup Final wins along with 1 World Club Challenge win in his 5 years at Saints. However, in September Cas Samoan International Centre Willie Isa announced he would be joining Super League newcomers Widnes Vikings on a 2-year deal. Then a few days after young Tigers utility back Greg Eden confirmed signing a new 2-year deal with Castleford's local rivals Huddersfield Giants. Also in September the club confirmed that Assistant Coach Andy"
"St Helens contested the 2003 World Club Challenge against 2002 NRL Premiers, Sydney Roosters. Martyn played at scrum half back in Saints' 38-0 loss. In 2008 he joined the coaching staff of Super League side Warrington, to act as a kicking coach for the academy side. In December 2009 he joined Widnes in a similar role. Tommy Martyn Tommy Martyn (born 4 June 1971) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and coach of the 2000s. He played at representative level for Ireland, and at club level for Oldham, St. Helens in the"
"Stadium. St Helens Hull FC Teams: St Helens: Paul Wellens, Ade Gardner, Matthew Gidley, Willie Talau, Francis Meli, Leon Pryce, Sean Long, Bryn Hargreaves, Keiron Cunningham, James Graham, Chris Flannery, Jon Wilkin, Paul Sculthorpe<br> Replacements: James Roby, Lee Gilmour, Paul Clough, Maurie Fa'asavalu Coach: Daniel Anderson<br> Hull: Todd Byrne, Matt Sing, Graeme Horne, Kirk Yeaman, Gareth Raynor, Danny Washbrook, Tommy Lee, Ewan Dowes, Shaun Berrigan, Peter Cusack, Willie Manu, Danny Tickle, Lee Radford (c),<br> Replacements: Richard Horne, Garreth Carvell, Tom Briscoe, Jamie Thackray Coach: Richard Agar<br> 2008 Challenge Cup Final The 2008 Challenge Cup Final was the final game of"
"faced a fair amount of criticism in his initial period as boss. Mick Potter was announced as the successor to Anderson, which received many plaudits from the St Helens fans and the European game as a whole, as the year previous he had led Catalans Dragons to a record—high third—placed finish in the league. On 9 August 2009, St Helens reached a record 9th consecutive Challenge Cup semi—final, where they were beaten by 24 points to 14 by Huddersfield. This prevented Saints from reaching the final at the new Wembley Stadium for a third successive time and from winning the"
"McKinnon (Wests Tigers), Aaron Heremaia (New Zealand Warriors), Eamon O'Carroll (Wigan Warriors), Martin Aspinwall (Castleford Tigers), Tony Martin (Crusaders) and Jamie Ellis (Leigh Centurions). Shaun McRae Shaun McRae (born 21 December 1959) is a rugby league coach, who is a former director of rugby at Hull F.C. after a spell with the Salford City Reds. Shaun McRae, nicknamed 'Bomber', was born in 1959 and began his rugby league coaching career as an assistant for the Canberra Raiders in the mid-late 1980s. He was later appointed Head Coach with St Helens (1996–1998) in the European Super League, where he won the"
"Justin Holbrook Justin Holbrook (born 13 January 1976) is the head coach of St Helens in the European Super League and an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played in the 1990s and 2000s for the Newcastle Knights, Penrith Panthers and the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, as a goal-kicking . Holbrook commenced his National Rugby League career with the Newcastle Knights in 1999 under coach Warren Ryan. He spent the 2001 NRL season with the Penrith Panthers under coach Royce Simmons. For the 2002 NRL season Holbrook played for the Sydney Roosters under coach Ricky Stuart."
"Ian Millward Ian ""Basil""/""Minibus"" Millward (born 22 August 1960) is an Australian rugby league coach, occasional tv pundit and former player. Millward is now the assistant coach of St George Illawarra in the NRL Millward is the former head coach of Wigan, St. Helens, Leigh and Castleford. He was in charge at Wigan from May 2005, his appointment coming just two weeks after an acrimonious departure from the club's fiercest rivals, St Helens. He was sacked by Wigan on 11 April 2006 for their poor start to 2006's Super League XI season - having won just one of eight league"
"John Stankevitch John Stankevitch (born 6 November 1979 in Whiston, Merseyside, England) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s, and coach of the 2000s and 2010s. Stankevitch played for St. Helens and Widnes in the European Super League as a and as a . Having won the 1999 Championship, St. Helens contested the 2000 World Club Challenge against National Rugby League Premiers the Melbourne Storm, with Stankevitch playing from the interchange bench in the loss. This was Stankevitch's First Team début and proved to be his first of many games during a trophy laden period at"
"started with a terrible run of results, which culminated in Royce Simmons being sacked in March. With assistant coach Kieron Purtill also leaving, the coaching reins were taken up by youth coach Mike Rush for the remainder of the 2012 season, with Kieron Cunningham acting as his assistant. Following St Helens's defeat by Wigan in the quarter-final of the Challenge Cup, which ended a run of 11 consecutive semi-final appearances, it was announced that Nathan Brown would be taking over as head coach for 2013, with Rush moving back into his previous role. The St Helens academy has produced some"
"Shaun McRae Shaun McRae (born 21 December 1959) is a rugby league coach, who is a former director of rugby at Hull F.C. after a spell with the Salford City Reds. Shaun McRae, nicknamed 'Bomber', was born in 1959 and began his rugby league coaching career as an assistant for the Canberra Raiders in the mid-late 1980s. He was later appointed Head Coach with St Helens (1996–1998) in the European Super League, where he won the Coach of the Year award in 1996. He coached his team to victory in the 1996 Challenge Cup and Super League I championship. His"
"a whole, as the year previous he had led Catalans Dragons to a record—high third—placed finish in the league. On 9 August 2009, St Helens reached a record 9th consecutive Challenge Cup semi—final, where they were beaten by 24 points to 14 by Huddersfield. This prevented Saints from reaching the final at the new Wembley Stadium for a third successive time and from winning the cup for a fourth time running. This defeat naturally came as a shock to the St Helens faithful, after so often in the last 15 years seeing the team reach the pinnacle of this competition"
"St Helens scouts who passed him over, believing he was ""an uncoordinated clown"". Combining with home-grown talents like Andy Currier, the Hulme brothers and Tony Myler, the Chemics scored an eye-popping 726 points in the 1988-89 league, winning the title over Wigan by three points. The 1989 NSWRL season was the 8th in the history of Australian club the Canberra Raiders. Coached by Tim Sheens and captained by Australian international centre Mal Meninga, the Raiders finished the minor rounds in 4th spot. They then won through to their second ever Grand Final (after playing in the 1987 game) where they"
"St. George Illawarra's Premier League side for four years before being appointed in February 2006 as Head Coach for the French rugby league team Catalans Dragons, succeeding Steve Deakin. Potter coached the team to the 2007 Challenge Cup Final and in 2008 was named Super League coach of the year. Potter succeeded Daniel Anderson as head coach of St. Helens at the beginning of the 2009 season. In May 2010 he announced that he is to leave St. Helens at the end of the 2010 season. In July 2010 Potter signed a 2-year contract to return to Bradford Bulls, this"
"the league before the play—off era. St Helens defeated Bradford 8—6 in the 1999 Super League Grand Final, their first Grand Final, with more than 50,000 people witnessing Chris Joynt lift the trophy at Old Trafford. They also won the World Club Challenge in 2001 and 2007, beating Brisbane both times. The success of the Saints in Super League began under the leadership of Shaun McRae in 1996. During his tenure the club won one league title (1996), a year in which he was named Super League's coach of the year, and enjoyed back—to—back successes over Bradford in the Challenge"
"Royce Simmons Royce Simmons (born 2 May 1960 in Gooloogong, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach, former player and most recently a former head coach of St. Helens in the European Super League. A former test , New South Wales representative and long-serving Penrith Panthers player in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, he later became coach of the club after his retirement. On 25 June 2016, Simmons was inducted into the Penrith Panthers hall of fame alongside Grahame Moran, Greg Alexander and Craig Gower. After trialling with both St. George and Souths, Simmons"
"2015 St Helens RLFC season The 2015 St Helens R.F.C. season is the club's 141st in its history; its 120th in rugby league. The Saints entered the season as defending champions after winning the Super League XIX title against Wigan Warriors 14-6 at Old Trafford after also winning the minor-premiership by topping the Super League ladder. Following the departure of previous head coach Nathan Brown, Saints entered the season with a new coach, former Saints player Keiron Cunningham Saints began the defence of their title by playing the Catalans Dragons at Langtree Park which they won. In February Saints played"
"game before the season began with a 6-62 win away at Rochdale Hornets with a St Helens Select XIII team. 2014 St Helens RLFC season The 2014 St Helens R.F.C. season is the club's 140th in its history; its 119th in rugby league. The Saints will be looking to end a 6-year silverware drought this season by competing for the Super League XIX title as well as the 113th edition of the Challenge Cup. This season marks Australian Nathan Brown's second season as head coach of the club, continuing from his first season in 2013 which ended in a 5th-place"
"St. Helens; W. Harry Frodsham, and the rugby league footballer Eric Frodsham. Alf Frodsham Alfred ""Alf"" Frodsham (birth registered fourth ¼ 1902 – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coach of the 1940s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for St. Helens, as a , i.e. number 2 or 5, and coached at club level for St. Helens. Alf Frodsham's birth was registered in Prescot district, Lancashire, England. Alf Frodsham won caps for England while at St. Helens in 1927 against"
"during the 1982–83 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 23 October 1982, and in the 26-18 victory over Wigan in the 1984 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1984–85 season at Central Park, Wigan on Sunday 28 October 1984. Billy Benyon is a St Helens R.F.C. Hall of Fame inductee. Billy Benyon William Benyon (born 7 March 1945), also known by the nickname of ""Billy"", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coach of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Lancashire,"
"in the game. Following Sharp's departure from the club in 2008, Purtill had a brief spell as caretaker coach alongside Paul Anderson. He then moved to St Helens where he worked under Michael Potter and then Royce Simmons. He also became head coach of the Canada Wolverines rugby league team and in 2011 the England Knights team. He also did a PG Dip in Elite Coaching Practice at the University of Central Lancashire. He parted company with St Helens along with Royce Simmons on 18 March 2012 following a run of 5 games without a win. He has since been"
"cup for a fourth time running. This defeat naturally came as a shock to the St Helens faithful, after so often in the last 15 years seeing the team reach the pinnacle of this competition and go on to win the cup. It was from here that the criticism began, and questions were raised particularly of his tactics and his activity (or lack of) in the transfer market. On 3 October 2009, Saints defeated fierce rivals Wigan to book their place at a fourth consecutive Super League Grand Final, only to lose out to Leeds in the final, 18-10, making"
"inaugural Super League, albeit by finishing top of the league before the play—off era. St Helens defeated Bradford 8—6 in the 1999 Super League Grand Final, their first Grand Final, with more than 50,000 people witnessing Chris Joynt lift the trophy at Old Trafford. They also won the World Club Challenge in 2001 and 2007, beating Brisbane both times. The success of the Saints in Super League began under the leadership of Shaun McRae in 1996. During his tenure the club won one league title (1996), a year in which he was named Super League's coach of the year, and"
"first season at Huddersfield he took the team to the 2009 Challenge Cup final. He left Huddersfield at the end of the 2012 season to take control of St Helens. In his first season as coach, Brown guided St Helens to 5th place in Super League. However, they were defeated 11-10 by Leeds Rhinos in the play-offs stage of the competition. In his second season, Brown guided St Helens to 1st place in Super League and victory in the Grand Final, after defeating Wigan Warriors 14-6. In October 2014, it was announced that Brown would leave the club to return"
"and Glen Tomlinson. Bobbie Goulding Bobbie ""Bobbie Dazzler"" Goulding (born 4 February 1972) is an English rugby league football coach and former player. A former Great Britain and England international representative scrum-half, Goulding played for a number of clubs including Wigan and St. Helens, both of whom he won Challenge Cup Finals with. He also played for Leeds, Widnes, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 1162), Salford, Leigh, Rochdale Hornets, and Australian side Eastern Suburbs. As a player, he most famously captained St Helens in their double year of 1996. Goulding was born in Widnes, Lancashire, England. Born in Widnes, Goulding's"
"after being unwanted by incoming coach Wayne Bennett. At the beginning of 2012, McDonnell joined the Hull Kingston Rovers in the European Super League on a 1-year contract, following his former Knights assistant coach Craig Sandercock. In June 2012, McDonnell played for the Exiles. On 26 October 2012, McDonnell signed a 2-year contract with Hull KR's cross city rival team in Hull FC, starting in 2013. In his first year at the club, he helped the team to the 2013 Challenge Cup Final against the Wigan Warriors where they were defeated 16-0. On 3 July 2014, McDonnell joined St. Helens"